Folding extension-table.



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PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. y C. M. LANGEOENE. FOLDING EXTENSION TABLE.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 9, 1905.

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PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

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FOLDING- EXTBNSION TABLE.

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NITED STATES Parrinvr OFFICE.

CATHERINE M. LANGHORNE, 'OFl PLAINFIELD, `NEW JERSEY.

i FOLDING. EXTENSION-TABLE.

p No. 824,186.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2e, 1906.

Application med vHmmm 9, 1905. serial No. 286,475.

To all whom t ina/y con/cem.-

Be it known that I, CATHERINE MUNRO LANGHORNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improve-- for workor other purposes.

The invention consists of features of construction and arrangements and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and more (particularly pointed out in the appende claims.

The invention is embodied in 'the tableillustrated in the accompanying drawings, (two sheets forming part hereof, in which'- Figure 1 is a plan, partly broken away, of the table extended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.- Fi 8 is aV plan view, partly broken away, of the table closed and Fig. 4 is an end (side) view of the same.

In the drawings the reference-letter a denotes a table-top which is fixed to and is suported by legs l) c, and d denotes a set of eaves hinged to each other and to the top a by suitablehin es, as e, sothat they will fold up, as indicate in Figs. 3 and 4, and will extend, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Suitable hooks and eyes f may be used to retain the leaves d, or some of them, yin the folded-u position, or other means may be used for this purpose. v

The leaves d are supported when extended by means of telescoping section g h fi 7c, which have legs l. The sections g 7a, i, k may be made in any suitable design and of any material suited to the purpose in view. For

small or light tables sheet metal may be used for said sections. Each section consists of a horizontal part which supports directly the leaf d thereon and of a vertical part or parts which form the leg or legs Z of the section. The section gis pivotally attached to the top a, preferably by means of a shoulder of the leg c, between which shoulder and the top a 'the section is placed. The section h is arranged in any suitable manner to slide upon the section g, the section t' to slide upon the section h, and section 7c to'slide upon the section '11. For purposes of illustration the sections g h 't k are shown as being formed of sheet metal and as being united to slide in the manner described by means of loops m on the sections h i c, which embrace and slide upon the horizontal parts of the sections g h i, respectively.

The described table when closed has a rela-v I tively narrow top and may be moved about and be stored at any convenient spot in a. room, and the top may be used for a variety of purposes. The table opens out to any extent within the limits of its size, thus being capable when there are three or more leaves d of being made into various len ths, as occasion may demand. Thus with our leaves d (the number shown in the drawings) the top of the table may be in any one of three sizesto wit, the size of the top a, the size of the top plus the size of two leaves d, supported on the sections g h 'i c, (in which case the two end leaves d remain folded up,) and the full size. (shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) By having more than four leaves d other sizes may be added, and additional sections similar to the sections g h /L 7c may be added to provide for the support of such additional leaves.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an extension-table, the combination with a fixed top and legs fixed thereto, of folding leaves hinged together and to said top, and longitudinally-telescoping leaf-supports adapte to be extended in line and subport said leaves, two legs attached to and supporting each of said leaf-supports, the inner leaf-support havin pivotal attachment with one of its legs, which leg is rigidly fixed to and adapted to also support the fixed top,

whereby the set of leaf-supports may be turned lengthwise of the` xed top and be stowed beneath the same. I

2. In'an extension-table, the combination with a fixed top and legs fixed thereto,rof folding leaves hinged together and to said top, and telescoping leaf-supports provided with legs and pivotally connected to one of the legs fixed to said top, whereby the set of leafsupports maybe 'turned lengthwise of the fixed top to stow beneath the same.

3. In an extension-table, the combination with a fixed top and legs fixed thereto, of folding leaves hinged together and to said top, and longitudinally-telescoping leaf-supports adapted to be extended in line and sup- IOO IIO

port said leaves, two legs attached to and Signed at Plainiield, in the county of Union supporting each of said leaf-supports, and and State of New Jersey, this 28th dav of the inner leaf-support having pivotal attach- October, A. D. 1905.

ment to the said iXed top, whereby the set CATHERINE M. LANGHORNE. 5 of leaf-supports may be turned lengthwise of Witnesses:

the Xed top and be stowed beneath the WILLIAM R. CODINGTON,

same. WM. MCD. CORIELL, Jr. 

